<DIV>My observations:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Google" is not the only search engine, Valerie, and I think whatever sign you use needs to recognize that. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Search the net" is a good phrase, but Google is a Trademark. Brazil fingerspells SW though they call the system "escrita de sinais". </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Valerie Sutton <sutton@signwriting.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">SignWriting List<BR>January 5, 2006<BR><BR>Hello Lucyna and Honza!<BR>Great to hear from you...I think your plan is great, Lucyna...Problem <BR>is to find an ASL way to say Google, without using Fingerspelling or <BR>inventing a new sign...but if a few ASL experts could agree on a <BR>small-phrase in ASL that means Searching-The-Web, or something like <BR>that, then that could be accurate ASL and people can really see what
<BR>SignWriting looks like...Is there anyone on our List who can create <BR>such a phrase for us, written in SignWriting? Stuart and Philippe? <BR>You are both Deaf and use ASL...Any ideas for a phrase that can mean <BR>Google?...Val ;-)<BR><BR><BR><BR>On Jan 5, 2006, at 8:13 AM, Honza wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi, yes I know Braille well (I work some time i library for blind)<BR>><BR>> anyway I also thought about GOOGLE in SW ;)<BR>> maybe some day it appears.<BR>><BR>> Honza<BR>><BR>> Lucyna Dlugolecka wrote:<BR>><BR>>><BR>>>><BR>>>> I am totally floored! Stefan...you know how to type Braille? How <BR>>>> did you do that? smile...Ha! Wow...You can see I do not know <BR>>>> Braille ....And that is very nice to see my name in <BR>>>> Braille...smile...Thank you.<BR>>>><BR>>>> Thank you for informing us, Nana....I am impressed with your <BR>>>> knowledge of Braille
;-)<BR>>>><BR>>>> Val ;-)<BR>>>><BR>>> I don't know Braille either but it's quite easy, just the letters <BR>>> are replaced with combitnations of dots, like in the Morse <BR>>> alphabet they are replaced with dots and dashes. Btw, as a kid I <BR>>> knew the Morse very well, I just learned it for fun :-)<BR>>> As to yesterday's Google, I wondered a lot and my immediate <BR>>> thought was that it should be in SW one day...<BR>>> I think we should prepare the word Google in ASL as it's the most <BR>>> popular SL in the world and the IS is known mostly in Western <BR>>> Europe. ASL is something like a synonym of a SL. :-)<BR>>> The word should be as a sign for GOOGLE, and if there isn't any, <BR>>> in ASL fingerspelling. And then the Google company should be <BR>>> informed about our initative (Val, you should indicate the date, <BR>>> in which Google in SW should appear
:-))<BR>>><BR>>> Howgh!<BR>>> Lucy<BR>>><BR>>><BR>><BR>><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV>